Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun age_of_reason

1 sense of age of reason

Sense 1
Enlightenment, Age of Reason -- (a movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of tradition and established doctrine; "the Enlightenment brought about many humanitarian reforms")
       => reform movement -- (a movement intended to bring about social and humanitarian reforms)
       INSTANCE OF=> historic period, age -- (an era of history having some distinctive feature; "we live in a litigious age")